The Education (Foundation Body) (England) Regulations 2000

Conduct and meetings

16.—(1) The foundation body shall—

(a)elect a member as chairman who shall be elected (or re-elected) at the first ordinary meeting of each year;

(b)define a quorum which cannot be less than half (rounded up to the nearest whole number) the total number of members of the foundation body when complete; and

(c)keep minutes of the proceedings of meetings and make them available to the governing bodies of schools in the group on request.

(2) At the first meeting the foundation body shall appoint foundation governors to schools in the group in accordance with the instruments of government of the schools in question.